The 13 Original colonies in 1774 by McConnell Map Co., 1919. Source: Library of Congress Old North Church in Boston, symbol of early American religion and site of Paul Revere’s legendary warning ...

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And, a bonus: Vermont, which was not one of the 13 colonies, is named because, after seeing the Green Mountains, Samuel de Champlain referred to it as "Verd Mont" (green mountains) on a map in his ...

Students will be introduced to the 13 colonies. They’ll compare and contrast how people dressed in colonial times to how people dress today and spend time looking at maps. Students will be ...

From 1619 on, not long after the first settlement, the need for colonial labor was bolstered by the importation of African captives. At first, like their poor English counterparts, the Africans ...

signaling the official separation of the 13 original colonies from Great Britain amid the Revolutionary War. Since that day, July 4, 1776 has been considered America’s “birthday,” making her ...